Leonardo: The Artist and the Man

by Serge Bramly, Sian Reynolds (Translator)

Overview

"A considerable work of assimilative scholarship and common sense...races along merrily."—The Boston Globe

A lively biography of the high genius of the renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci 

French writer Serge Bramly's classic work of biography portrays Leonard da Vinci as a genius torn by inner conflicts. Using contemporary sources including Leonardo's notebooks and annotated erotic drawings, he presents a complete portrait of the man as well as his genius.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140231755
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/01/1995
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	6.16(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.41(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Serge Bramly is a novelist, ethnologist, screenwriter, art critic, and historian of photography. He has published more than 20 books, including Macumba, a study of Afro-Brazilian religions; La Danse de Loup, a historical novel; and several works of art history. In 1992 he collaborated with Bettina Rheims on the book Chambre Close.

Sian Reynolds was born in Cardiff and taught at both Sussex University and Edinburgh University before serving as Chair of French at Stirling University from 1999–2004. She has translated numerous books from the French, both fiction and nonfiction, including works by crime writer Fred Vargas.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction
I. A Cirlce of Mirrors
II. Lovable as a Love Child
III. Artium Mater
IV. Fear and Desire
V. Dispero
VI. Pen and Penknife
VII. Thoughts Turn to Hope
VIII. The Absolute Man
IX. Laurels and Tempests
X. Like a Well-Filled Day
XI. The Traces
Epilogue
Notes
Leonardo's Paintings
Leading Artists of the Quattrocento
Leonardo's Writings
Selected Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

"A considerable work of assimilative scholarship and common sense...races along merrily."—The Boston Globe.

"Bramly has dusted off the primary sources to make da Vinci a startlingly prescient, relevant figure in this exceptional biography." -- Publishers Weekly

"French novelist and biographer Bramly offers the image of a gifted, methodical, rational, emotionally simple craftsman whose personal life remains wrapped in mysteries—some intentional and others, such as the loss of his grave and many of his works, the results of time and circumstance." -- Kirkus Reviews

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